Comment 50771

By SpaceMonkey (registered) | Posted October 28, 2010 at 17:15:13

I still think you'd have to be an idiot to think that CF is the best place to put a stadium for the following reasons.

It is no where near the proposed LRT

It is not well serviced by other public transit

There is nothing around it for fans to spend their money on (except Hutch's)

Very few houses are within walking distance

It does nothing to revitalize any part of the city (not even CF park)

It's a horrible use of lakefront property (that's a matter of opinion, I know)

Although it is close to the highway, there is only one road (ONE lane road) that services the park. Even if made into two lanes, there is still only one road and everyone would be getting on the exact same road after the game. There is a traffic light in close proximity to the location in either direction. ie, it's not like being in a rural location with nothing around for miles where cars can drive long distances before having to stop at a light. It's not like other cities/locations which are surrounded by many many streets. It would take hours and hours to get anywhere after a game.

So, for the above reasons, I feel that it is a horrible location

It seems the masses do not understand the value of having a park on waterfront. We are extremely lucky/blessed to have such a large park on the waterfront. We should be exploiting the park land AS parkland and turn it into a wonderful park that would make other cities green with envy.

Chicago did it right. Stadium in the harbour in the downtown area. The rest of the waterfront is beautiful park land. We are EXTREMELY lucky to be in a position to do the same thing. I really wish more people would see that. Let's not mess it up forever.

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